Cordage-machine.



I. R. A. VINCENT.

GORDAGE MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7,1913.

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Specification of Letters iatent.

Application filed February 7, 1913. Serial No. M6357.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. A. VINCENT, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in CordageMachines, of which the following is a specification.

'The invention relates to cordage ma-' chines, and more particularly tothe class of machines for covering ropes or the like.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a machine ofthis character wherein the frame for supporting the cordage feeding andwrapping mechanism is supported in a novelmanner and is driven from amotor carried thereby.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a machine of thischaracter wherein the connections between the motor and the propellingmechanism serve to drive the vcordage feeding and wrapping mechanism sothat a rope, wire or the like can 'be covered with yarn, marline or anyother .cordage in a quick and convenient manner. w i

A further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of thischaracter which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and'efiicient in operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine'constructedin accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof.Fig. 3 is a similar view looking toward the opposite end of the same.Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the machine.Fig. 5 is a top plan view thereof. 7

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, and especially Figs. 1 to 5inclusive, the machine comprises a movable carriage in the form of aframe 10 which has journaled at its upper end and at one side thereoftrack rollers 11 which are adapted to travel upon a track 12 mountedupon hangers or brackets 13 fixed to the wall or other stationarysupport, the track being provided with a toothed rack 14 with whichmeshes a cog gear 15. the same acted upon by means of a worm screw 16fixed to a driven shaft 17 journaled in bearings 18 formed on or mountedupon the upper end of the frame. I t will be noted that this frame issuspended from the track 12 and is adapted to travel upon the samelongitudinally thereof. Supported in the lower end of the frame is anelectric or other power motor 19 which is rovided with a drivingshaft'20, the same eing journaled in the sides of the frame, and carriesa sprocket wheel 21 over which is trained an endless chain 22 which isalso trained over a sprocket wheel 23 fixed to a hollow serving mandrelor tube 24 which is journaled in the frame intermediate the endsthereon-and through which is adapted to be passed rope, wire, or thelike, to be covered with spun yarn, marline, or an-v other cordage. Themandrel or tube 24 has fixed thereto a second sprocket wheel 25 overwhich is trained an endless sprocket chain 26, the same being alsotrained over a sprocket wheel 27 fixed to the driven shaft 17 so that onthe rotation of the driving shaft 20 similar movement will be impartedto the driven shaft for moving the carriage 10 upon the track 12, andalso simultaneously rotating the serving mandrel or tube 24, the yarn,marline, being fed to the rope, wire or the like, in a manner presentlydescribed.

Fixed to the mandrel or tube 24 at one end thereof is a disk 28 carryingspool holders 29 on which are rotatably mounted spools 30 which havewound thereon the yarn, marline, or other cordage to be fed to the rope31, wire, or the like, which is passed through the serving mandrel ortube 24 to be covered with the yarn, marline or other cordage during theoperation of the machine. The spool holders 29 are provided with tensiondevices 32 which act upon the spools to regulate the speed of rotat onthereof when the yarn or other cordage is being unwound therefrom duringthe operation of the. machine. The disk has adjustably connected theretoa guide arm'33 over which is trained the yarn orother cordage so as toproperly guide the same when being wrapped on the rope 31, wire, or thelike, when the machine is in action.

In the operation of the machine, when the Patented Feb. 9, rat-,5.

or any other cordage rope 31, wire, or the like isto be covered Wlth'spun yarn, marline, or any other cordage, the carriage 10 is driven in aright hand direction over the track 12 so that the mandrel or tube 24will act upon the yarn or cordage for the proper serving thereof on tothe rope 31, wire, or the like. Now, on

reversing the direction of travel of the carriage 10 the linen, burlap,or other cordage will be parceled on the rope 31, wire, or the like, andin this instance such cordage will not pass through the mandrel or tube24, and will be guided by the guidearmsBQ, as

v shown in the drawings.

supporting said feeding, and wrapping mechanism and having peripherallygrooved rollers movable over the rails of the track, shafts journaled onthe truck frame at right angles to each other, a worm thread on oneshaft,a wormgear on the other shaft and mesh1ng.with the said thread, apinion on one of the'shafts and meshlngwith the toothed rack, and amotor on the truck frame and having driven connections with one of saidshafts.

2. In a cordage machine, a' pair of brackets adapted to be stationarilymounted in spaced relation to each other on a fixed formed with thebrackets, a toothed rack b'etweenthe rails and parallel with the same, atruck frame having peripherally grooved rollers movable over the railsof the track, shafts ournaled on the truck frame at right angles to eachother, a worm thread on one shaft, a worm gear on the other shaft andmeshing with the said thread, a pinion on one of the shafts and meshingwith the toothed rack, a motor on the truck frame and having drivenconnection with one of said shafts, means for guiding cordage throughthe frame, and mechanism actuated by the driven connections for feedingwrapping material to the cordage.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD K. TALLEY, JOHN J. VURKE.

support, a pair of track rails integrally

